SHAMUS AWARDS

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) is proud to announce the winners for the 26th annual Shamus Awards, given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. The 2007 awards cover works published in the U.S. in 2006. The awards were presented on September 28, 2007, at the Private Eye Writers of America banquet in Anchorage, Alaska, during the weekend of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

2007 Shamus Awards Winners and Nominees
(for works published in 2006)
The Eye (for lifetime achievement): Stuart M. Kaminsky, creator of Toby Peter and Lew Fonesca among others

The Hammer (for a memorable private eye character or series):
Shell Scott (created by Richard S. Prather)

Best Hardcover:
WINNER The Dramatist, by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur), featuring Jack Taylor

Best Paperback Original:
WINNER An Unquiet Grave, by P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle), featuring Louis Kincaid

Best First Novel:
WINNER The Wrong Kind of Blood, by Declan Hughes (Morrow), featuring Ed Loy

Best Short Story:
WINNER "The Heart Has Reasons" by O'Neil De Noux (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 2006), featuring Lucien Caye

Congratutions to all Bouchercon 2007 award winners.

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ANTHONY AWARDS
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